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This tour offers unique insights into the park’s ecosystems while enhancing your photography skills. Explore renowned wildlife hotspots such as Lamar Valley, Tower Junction, and other pristine areas, all carefully selected for their photographic potential. Whether you're a budding photographer or an experienced professional, this tour provides the perfect setting to elevate your craft.
Skills You'll Learn
Wildlife Tracking Techniques: Learn how to spot and predict wildlife movement for optimal photo opportunities.
Mastering Long-Lens Photography: Capture detailed and impactful portraits of animals in their natural habitat.
Compositional Excellence: Create balanced and captivating wildlife images using framing and lighting techniques.
Ethical Wildlife Photography Practices: Understand how to photography wildlife responsibly to minimize disturbance.
Prerequisites
Basic knowledge of camera settings.
A DSLR or mirrorless camera with a telephoto lens (400mm or longer preferred).
What's Included
Meeting and pickup
Please plan to meet us right outside the front lobby of your lodging accommodation at our designated pick-up time.
If you will need transportation from Bozeman-Yellowstone International Airport, please reach out to us for additional arrangements..
Itinerary
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1Gardiner
Gardiner provides immediate access to Yellowstone’s Northern Range, one of the park’s most wildlife-rich areas. Travelers explore open valleys, river corridors, and sagebrush hills where bison, elk, pronghorn, bighorn sheep, mule deer, coyotes, foxes, and raptors are commonly seen. The Yellowstone River often attracts eagles and other birds of prey. Early morning and evening hours offer opportunities to observe wolves moving through the landscape while learning about animal behavior, seasonal movement, and ethical wildlife viewing practices. This area is ideal for photography, offering wide sightlines, layered terrain, and dramatic light throughout the day. Guests receive guidance on positioning, composition, and timing while working safely from established pullouts. Time here helps set the pace for the tour before continuing deeper into the Northern Range in search of additional wildlife activity.
1 hour • Admission ticket free -
2Mammoth Hot Springs
Mammoth Hot Springs features active travertine terraces, steaming vents, and historic park buildings set against open hillsides. Travelers explore boardwalks and viewpoints while learning how mineral-rich thermal water creates the constantly changing formations. The surrounding area is also home to elk, bison, mule deer, and coyotes, which are frequently seen near developed areas. Time here allows guests to experience Yellowstone’s geothermal landscape while discussing the relationship between wildlife, habitat, and seasonal conditions.
1 hour • Admission ticket free -
3Lamar Valley
Lamar Valley is one of the most iconic wildlife viewing areas in Yellowstone National Park. Travelers explore wide open valleys and rolling hills known for frequent sightings of bison herds, pronghorn, elk, coyotes, foxes, and birds of prey. This area is also the park’s best location to search for wolves, often seen traveling valley floors or distant ridgelines during early morning and evening hours. Guests learn to read animal behavior, track movement across the landscape, and position for strong wildlife photography while observing safely from established pullouts.
3 hours • Admission ticket free -
4
Pebble Creek lies along the Northeast Entrance Road between Lamar Valley and Cooke City and is a productive area for wildlife viewing in open sagebrush and rolling foothills. Travelers may see bison, pronghorn, elk, coyotes, foxes, and occasionally wolves moving across the landscape. This area offers long sightlines and changing light, making it ideal for observing animal behavior and photographing wildlife from safe roadside pullouts.
1 hour • Admission ticket free -
5Cooke City
Cooke City sits near Yellowstone’s northeast entrance and provides access to high-elevation terrain, forested slopes, and open valleys along the Lamar River corridor. Travelers may encounter bison, elk, moose, bighorn sheep, wolves, coyotes, foxes, and raptors moving through this rugged landscape. The area is especially productive in the early morning and late afternoon, offering dramatic light and long sightlines ideal for wildlife observation and photography. Guests learn how elevation, weather, and seasonal movement influence animal behavior while working safely from roadside pullouts.
1 hour • Admission ticket free
Additional info
- Not recommended for travelers with spinal injuries
- Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
- Not recommended for pregnant travelers
- Service animals allowed
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
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Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Cancellation Policy
- For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
- If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
- Any changes made less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time will not be accepted.
You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.
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